Thursday, June 28, 2007

Thursday 13

13 movies you may have missed.

1. De-Lovely, starring Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd.
De-lovely tells of Cole Porter's life and features Alanis Morisette, Elvis Costello and many more.

2. What a way to go starring Shirley MacLaine
Louisa has a problem. All she is looking for is love, but everyone she marries strikes it rich and then dies.

3. Victor/Victoria starring Julie Andrews and Robert Preston.
Julie Andrews plays Victoria Grant who is trying to make it as an opera singer. She stumbles upon Robert Preston's Toddy and together they make her into the worlds best crossdressing entertainer.

4. The Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Nick is a retired investigator, Nora is his socialite wife with a curious sense of adventure. One way or another, they get pulled into solving mysteries. This is the first of the series.

5. Hotel Rwanda starring Don Cheadle
A five-star-hotel manager in Rwanda risks his life when he opens his hotel to more than a thousand Tutsis refugees in order to protect them from death.

6. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford
Ford stars as Indiana Jones, an unconventional archeologist, who is assigned by the U.S. Government to find the mystically empowered Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain it for their own evil use.

7. Into the West
Explore one of the most powerful and defining chapters in American history. This powerful epic adventure unfolds as told through the struggles, triumphs, and heartaches of two families as they journey in search of the American dream.

8. Monarch of the Glen
Join Archie MacDonald as he strives to restore Glenbogle to its former glory while looking out for the interests of the village as well as his family.

9. Murder on the Orient Express
The cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery and other famous faces. Agatha Christie's Poirot is involved in one of his toughest cases, the murder of an American millionare, but of course, there is much more to the story than it appears.

10. Suddenly, last summer
Elizabeth Taylor is wonderful as Catherine Holly who is recovering in a mental institution. Her young, attractive doctor is trying to save her from the labotomy her aunt (played by Katherine Hepburn) would like her to have.

11. The Cradle will fall
Based on the Mary Higgins Clark novel of the same name, while investigating the murder of a pregnant woman, Katie finds herself needing to check in to the hospital for a routine procedure that will not be so routine.

12. Bride & Prejudice
A bollywood musical version of the Jane Austen novel. It is set in modern day India and is a fun, not to serious look at our preconceived notions and prejudices.

13. Cat Ballou starring Jane Fonda
Cat arrives home to have her father murdered and her land siezed. She joins up with a pair of outlaws and is determined to get revenge. Features Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye as shouters.

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